Ranjan Kumar Thakur @ Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjoy v. State Of West Bengal

24.09.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Allowed C.R.M. (M) 1573 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Golabari P.S. Case No.515 of 2015 dated 13.05.2015 under Sections 363/364A/302/201 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 25/27 of the Arms Act.

And In Re :Ranjan Kumar Thakur @ Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjoy ... Petitioner.

Mr. Soumya Basu Roy Chowdhuri ... for the Petitioner.

Ms. Z. N. Khan Mr. Sujoy Sarkar ... for the State.

Memo of evidence submitted by the State is taken on record.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioner is in custody for more than 10 years and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. I have considered the material on record. It appears that the prosecution proposes to examine 38 witnesses out of whom 28 witnesses are examined so far. Possibility of completion of trial in near future is bleak.

In view of the above, this Court is inclined to hold that petitioner is entitled to bail solely on the touchstone of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, without going into the merits of the case.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Ranjan Kumar Thakur @ Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjoy be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Howrah subject to condition that he shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing. He shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the learned trial Court on any date fixed by the learned trial Court without justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

The application for bail is thus disposed of. Case Diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)